Valery Bryusov is a symbolist poet, an idol of women, covered with scandalous fame. How could it happen that he became the first Soviet censor, a participant in the very initial oppression of Russian poets for ideological reasons? How and why did the brightest star of the unique Silver Age of Russian literature fade and die out?

The queen of Russian silent cinema, Vera Kholodnaya, was only 26 years old. Of these, she starred only 4 years. Of her more than 50 films, only 5 have survived, but she is not only remembered, she is revered. Vera Kholodnaya was a real star of Russian cinema. There were no others like her. To be smart, and beautiful, and pure, and talented, and happy, and loved by everyone. The film is built on the memoirs of Vera Kholodnaya and people who knew her well, as well as on materials from newspapers and magazines of the 10s and 20s. The film features A. Vertinsky's songs dedicated to Vera Kholodnaya.

A surrealistic collage in which the material of feature films, documentaries, animated films of early Russian cinema acquires a new and unexpected sound. The film is dedicated to the memory of the Russian screen star Vera Kholodnaya.

The film is dedicated to two cameramen and one director, Verigo-Dorovsky, Leopold and Friedrich, and Alexander Vladychuk during the period of silent cinema. Leopold is the grandfather of the author of the film, and Friedrich and Alexander are cousins. The life of the Verigo-Dorovskys began with the fact that their grandfather, Jan, was deprived of the nobility during the Polish uprising, although they were Germans. Later, their grandchildren, Leopold and Friedrich, came to Moscow. Here they studied at German educational institutions, and then became cameramen. They own the shooting of V. Lenin and a number of art paintings. Alexander Vladychuk was an artist, he shot several documentaries and one feature film, "White Gold", in Turkmenistan. With this he came to Leningrad. In Ashgabat, Vladychuk will be removed from the cinema. He erected a monument to Lenin, carried out an endless run with the team on the wheelpedes of his own design Ashgabat-Moscow. His hand belongs to the Coat of arms of Turkmenistan. Then, he will be put in jail for libel. He died there in 1942.